在江南的九、十月间,当荷塘中的荷花逐渐凋谢之际,那一只只碧如翡翠的莲蓬就陆续上市了。 莲蓬的形态是很美的。它们长着圆圆的锥形似的盘体,盘体内分隔着一间间美妙的莲房,房中藏着一颗颗椭圆形的莲子,犹如一件件刻意制作的精美工艺品似地引人入胜。在笔者的故乡苏州,每当莲蓬上市的时节,水乡农民们常把它们成扎成扎地拿到城里来卖。每扎莲蓬多则七八只,少则五六只,任客所选。精明的苏州人在挑选莲蓬的 In September and October in the southern part of the Yangtze River, when the lotus in the lotus ponds gradually wither, that one lotus-shaped jade lotus was put on sale one after another. The shape of the lotus is beautiful. They have a round cone-shaped plate body, separated by a plate between the lotus lotus room, the house hidden in an oval-shaped lotus seeds, like a deliberately crafting exquisite craftsmanship fascinating. In the author’s hometown of Suzhou, whenever the lotus is on the market, water-farm peasants often sell them in cities and towns. Each tie lotus is as many as 78, ranging from five or six, any guest selected. Shrewd Suzhou people in the selection of lotus